THE WORKS OF VICESIMUS KNOX, D.D. WITH A BIOGRAPHICAL PREFACE. IN SEVEN VOLUMES. VOL. VI. LONDON: PRINTED FOR J. MAWMAN, LUDGATE STREET, MDCCCXXIV. 6455022(6) HARVARD COLLEGE LIBRARY .GIFT OF MARY E. HAVEN B. BENSLEY, BOLT-COURT, FLEET STREET. 0704 91.22 35-4 SERMONS. SERMON I THE RISING GENERATION EXHORTED TO ADOPT THE RELIGION OF THEIR CHRISTIAN FOREFATHERS. 1 CHRONICLES, xxviii. 9.-And thou, Solomon, my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart, and with a willing mind: for the Lord searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever. SUCH is the public and solemn charge of king David to his son Solomon; whom he had selected to succeed him. It contains in few words, the substance of all that could be said by a parent, who sincerely intended to promote the happiness and glory of the child whom he tenderly loved, and whom he preferred, from the dictates of his judgment no less than from affection, as the successor to his throne. But as all the advice in the holy scriptures was written for our sakes, as well as for the benefit of those to whom it is immediately addressed, I shall endeavour to derive from the consideration of it, such reflections as may conduce to the regulation of our conduct, especially at the juvenile period, and to the establishment of our happiness, both in the present and in a future state. |